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Barbara Ripley

Waverly

Summary

Experienced nursing professional bringing demonstrated clinical expertise, leadership skills and technical knowledge. Proficient in updating charts, monitoring medications and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care. Quality-driven and efficient with strong interpersonal abilities.

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director of Health Services

Accura Healthcare
Shell Rock
05.2024 - 06.2025
  • Coordinated with external agencies such as insurance companies, local hospitals, laboratories. to ensure that patients receive appropriate care in a timely manner.
  • Provided direct supervision of nursing staff including assigning duties, evaluating performance reviews, addressing complaints or grievances from employees or patients.

Director of Nursing

VALLEY VIEW NURSING HOME
Greene
09.2021 - 06.2023
  • Managed 35-37 employees, acquired admissions to care center, transfers and discharges, care oversight of 25-30 residents, policy/procedure development, review, revisions, Quality Assurance, Minimum Data Resident Assessments (MDS), performed Pre-admission Screenings and Resident Review (PASRR), Care Planning, Family Conferences, preparing for State Surveys, Infection Preventionist and Emergency Preparedness

Director of Nursing

Grundy Care Center
Grundy Center
08.2017 - 04.2020
  • Managed staff of 30-35 employees, oversight of 37-45 residents, acquired admissions to care center, managed transfers and discharges, policy/procedure development, review and revisions, Quality Assurance, Minimum Date Resident Assessments (MDS), Pre-admission Screenings and Resident Reviews (PASRR), Care Planning and Family Conferences, preparing for State Surveys, Infection Preventionist and Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Department Nurse Manager

Waverly Health Center
Waverly
01.1989 - 01.2013
  • Managed on average 300 patients through department yearly, ranging from 1st Aid to major trauma, had wound and outpatient clinics with contracted physicians 3 x week, performed Quality Assurance and documentation reviews, participated on Infection Control, Emergency Preparedness, Environment of Care committees, developed, reviewed and revised policies/procedures, performed CPT coding and billing, managed and developed budget, hired and trained staff, managed 20-25 employees, Joint Commission survey preparation

Education

Master's degree - Business Administration with Human Resource Specialty

Ashford University
Clinton, IA

Bachelor's degree - Psychology

Ashford University
Clinton, IA

Associate's degree - Nursing

Hawkeye Community College
Waterloo, IA

Skills

  • Nursing
  • Nurse Management
  • MDS
  • Medication Administration
  • Dementia Care
  • Infection Control Training
  • Critical Care Experience
  • Employee Orientation
  • Quality Assurance
  • Case Management
  • Hospice Care
  • Hospital Experience
  • Triage
  • Patient care coordination
  • Family engagement
  • Performance evaluation
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Team leadership
  • Effective communication
  • Ethics compliance
  • Disease prevention
  • Clinical oversight
  • Healthcare administration
  • Health education
  • Performance monitoring
  • Process implementation
  • Process improvement
  • Hospital coordination
  • Employee supervision
  • Records maintenance
  • Employee performance evaluations
  • Reliability
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Heartsaver first aid (first aid)

Certification

Associate Degree Nursing, 12/01/82, 12/31/24

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Director of Health Services

Accura Healthcare
05.2024 - 06.2025

Director of Nursing

VALLEY VIEW NURSING HOME
09.2021 - 06.2023

Director of Nursing

Grundy Care Center
08.2017 - 04.2020

Emergency Department Nurse Manager

Waverly Health Center
01.1989 - 01.2013

Master's degree - Business Administration with Human Resource Specialty

Ashford University

Bachelor's degree - Psychology

Ashford University

Associate's degree - Nursing

Hawkeye Community College

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